The Catcher Who Couldn't Throw The Ball Back to The Pitcher

[@markreeves2491]

So the team management forced him to return before the injury was properly healed and ruined his career ! 🤨

[@twite5462]

I mean it’s the Mets, what do you expect

[@jessehammer123]

@@twite5462Speaking as a Mets fan, yeah.

[@castertroy9129]

It’s the Mets. Should be the the Mess

[@HughMungus4655]

yup, this is what you get when the "load management is bad! 😡" crowd actually gets a decision in the matter youll get players whore forced to end their career early because their coach couldnt wait a week to have tjem heal properly before coming back

[@Flyboy_73]

Mets have a long history of ruining good players.

[@r.jguerra5526]

Take care of your health, to ALL the people out there

[@bespinguard7129]

this should be to everyone not just athletes 🤦‍♂️

[@r.jguerra5526]

@@bespinguard7129 gosh people always whine about something

[@Truewinner112]

@@r.jguerra5526Yeah

[@Locusto199]

“That's really heaven at forty, like, havin' good health” - Tyler, The Creator

[@yell0wberry]

In spite of his problems, I actually saw him throw out Rickey Henderson stealing second

[@thatonedoood]

So this is who the catcher in major league 2 was based on 😂

[@General_Kenobi.]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@billythekidder7182]

It happens to a lot of players. Called the yips.

[@KevinMartinez-pt5zl]

@@billythekidder7182 that’s not the yips tho. Dude was just hurt

[@michaelangellotti4773]

​@@KevinMartinez-pt5zlIt was the yips. A little research goes a long way.

[@BrockLanders]

Rube Baker

[@BenOnSports]

Sasser was my first favorite player because he is from my hometown. Still lives around here and coaches a college ball team.

[@spartacus778]

glad to hear he's still involved in ball

[@D.heARTist]

Never knew why but wow. Now I know and that’s fvcked up!

[@djshuffl3r]

Rudy Baker from Major League 2 in a nutshell

[@JV-mw7gv]

He was not traded, he signed with Seattle as a FA.

[@michaelmiller2397]

can't cure that problem. Chuck Knobloch for the Yankees and Choo-Choo Coleman for the Mets both were sunk by the same problem.

[@yell0wberry]

Years ago, the Milwaukee Brewers, once had a third baseman, Randy Ready who was an air mail specialist

[@someguy23475]

It's happened to other catchers. Gary Bennett near the end of his career comes to mind.

[@g4mernick4]

Shame the coaching staff didn’t properly care for his injury

[@marvinb5100]

BAKERRRR!!!!!!

[@chuckhines459]

Same thing happened to Chuck Knoblauch for the Twins.

[@MrBaltimoreRon]

Steve Sax of Dodgers the same.

[@samcotten2485]

Jarrod Saltalamacchia is another catcher that comes to mind who struggled with the “yips.”

[@montanaproductions5559]

The yips is real

[@GynJitsuRonin]

YIPS YIPS YIPS.... That's painful to get through. The brain!

[@turtle19dad]

Rube from Major League 2. Minus the Playboy and Fredericks of Hollywood catalog.

[@Acunaontop]

Damn sucks to be that guy

[@salravioli]

The mind is complicated.

[@evanjarman2773]

I played for Mackey in college. He still cant throw the ball back to the pitcher 😂

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Actually very sad. Hope he is ok today.

[@BenOnSports]

He's good. Currently coaches a college ball team in his hometown.

[@tacocat2287]

Wasn’t this an ESPN 30 for 30 episode? I forgot the name of it unfortunately

[@pakkmann]

yeah it was a short - "Fields of Fear" super interesting

[@tacocat2287]

@@pakkmann Thanks for the reply! I knew I remembered it from somewhere. Shame all of their shorts and episodes can’t be on YT Free Movies

[@HouMat-if5fi]

Just throw the damn ball.

[@matsalvatore9074]

THE YIPS I had that in CDL A driving school lol. I swear everyone said i was a natural. I was the best out there n then suddenly i couldnt dock a trailer. No idea why but i developed an anxiety very rapid. People thought i was messing around n i had to postpone my test a couple weeks. Ever since i had a anxiety about docking lol. I mean i just worked through it forcing myself to not gey frustrated n be confident n over time it became easier n times id do it without a worry. That pressure n anxiety of performing starts wrighing heavy when you lose confidence in ur ability. Its a mental barrier u have to beat with confidence

[@j12997967]

Another reason this Braves fan feels sorry for anyone who plays for the Mets. Their management and many of their fans deserve the performance they get.

[@Hawk-eyTown]

Mets gonna Met

[@seankiesling2054]

Was he the inspiration behind the character in Major League 2 movie? Lol

[@davidharrison7014]

I wonder if It was a case of the "yips". Something that both Steve Sax and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles once had.

[@Kenwood..]

So? Yipps pr too painful?

[@RojoCube]

The real life Rube from Major League 2

[@thewho2482]

It's funny I was just looking at his baseball card. He did not strikeout as well. They should have put him on first.

[@johnthomas8605]

What kind of bullcrap was up with that? That is the kind of thing lawyers and a players union should be protecting players from.

[@billrobertson5895]

It was a shame I always loved Sasser as a ball player.

[@djcrystar]

chuck knoblauch couldn't throw it to 1st base.....even from 20' away...hahaha

[@poluticon]

he wasn't traded to Seattle, he signed as a FA

[@johearn1984]

So that's where they got the idea for the movie Major League

[@echoechoecho7142]

The yips is totally real and a strange thing. I played catcher for my company softball team in the day, was very good at it. Then one day i just could NOT get the ball to the pitcher. Over his head. Throw a grounder past him. He would get so frustrated and I was so embarressed. Its like the mind is over thining it, yet you arent aware of it.. quite the phenomena. I cant imagine having the yips with all the pressure of 1000s of fans watching. I think the Cardinals had a pitcher, Ankiel or something who just could not get the ball over the plate.

[@glennkrzeminski7539]

Yips

[@seymourglass26]

Wow, they Mets'ed his career up with that one stupid managerial call.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

The Mets ruined him, then got mad at him for their stupidity. Sounds like the Mets to me, regardless of ownership.

[@nathanieluehara9207]

He wasn't traded that's a lie! Free agency!!!! Get your facts straight kiddo!

[@pabloramos420]

Thats crazy shame on the mets... Thats a lawsuit forsure

[@jeremygumke5150]

Rube Baker

[@danielglatz1643]

Why did no one tell him to just start reciting magazine articles to himself? Bad coaching

[@Michealnite]

Um send him to the American league and DH

[@davidharrison7014]

He should've been a DH, instead.

[@stephaniecody9635]

I know him very well

[@kanegoldgell4362]

Goddam that's sad.Hows he doin?

[@Wyattl.]

Egg

[@slaymyface1357]

Mets ruining players once again

[@aceloveskrabbypatties]

Average Mets

[@mannyhill9299]

It’s always us bro😭😭😭

[@davet2459]

Sasser wasn't traded to Seattle, he left in free agency.

[@Jrodjunior44]

First

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

Who gives a shit lmao. These comments add absolutely nothing to the conversation. So dumb

[@Acunaontop]

@@thickerconstrictor9037😂

[@EweCantHandletheTruth]

Not 1st….Catcher! 😂

[@davidharrison7014]

or a DH in the AL.

[@Marinersfan5oh3]

Let’s Go!🫢💙🔱

[@KevinMartinez-pt5zl]

Common Mets L

[@sinsincere5748]

Mets are a crap organization for this